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Identity
Person No.
8623
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
William Johnston
Initials
W J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
39
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, at Delville Wood
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Captain
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Notes

Son of the late Walter and Isabella J. Gray, of Helmsley, Highflats, Natal; husband of the late Irene Gray. Was survived by his only child, Jocelyn William Gladstone Gray. Also served in the South African Campaign (Anglo-Boer War) (Siege of Ladysmith), 1906 Natal Rebellion, German South West Africa, a Lieutenant with the 3rd Natal Mounted Rifles. Educated at Hilton College. ***Date of death might be 15-July-1916, Killed in action on the 15th July 1916 in Delville Wood. "Captain Gray of C Coy was killed, he was very much loved by his men, a great loss" (D. Brice-Bruce, quoted in Delville Wood of I. Uys).

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